Political Science Paper II Past Paper 2023

Missed chances open the Political Science Paper II past paper 2023. Q.2 charges South Asia with suffering from lost chances for development, connectivity and cooperation, and it grades SAARC against that charge. Q.3 analyses civil-military relations in Pakistan and the cost to civilian institutions. Section-B turns to money and courts. Q.4 debates the claim that the WTO serves developed countries against the developing world. Q.5 analyses the Pakistan-China friendship as reciprocal development. Q.6 calls judicial activism the natural outcome of poor governance and asks for a verdict. Q.7 defines the Start Up and asks how a start-up culture can grow in Pakistan. Q.8 closes on the 18th Amendment and the still-open question of political devolution. This file holds the Part-II sheet only.

What this paper contains

  • This file carries Part-II (the descriptive part) of the paper.
  • Part-II — attempt four questions: ONE from Section-A (Q.2–Q.3) and THREE from Section-B (Q.4–Q.8); each question carries 20 marks (Part-I holds the 20 MCQs, per the printed header)

Part-II questions

Section-A

Q.2 — The people of South Asia had suffered because of missed opportunities for regional development, connectivity, and cooperation. Evaluate the performance of SAARC in the light of this statement. (20)

Q.3 — “The military’s political role has undermined civilian institutions and the growth of democratic political culture”. Analyze civil military relations in Pakistan. (20)

Section-B

Q.4 — WTO is a tool of developed countries to be used for exploitation of developing countries. Do you agree? Give arguments. (20)

Q.5 — Pakistan China friendship is based on reciprocal developments. Analyze. (20)

Q.6 — Judicial activism is the natural corollary of poor governance in Pakistan. Do you agree? (20)

Q.7 — What do you understand by the term “Start Up” and How Start Up culture can be developed in Pakistan? (20)

Q.8 — Despite the enactment of 18th amendment in the constitution of Pakistan 1973, the question of political devolution is as yet largely unresolved. Discuss. (20)

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